Security Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 18 34
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 +15
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 6,605 5,692 5,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.50% 10.15% 7.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.80% 26.79% 22.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,858 2,274 2,515
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,477 £40,947 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,131 £66,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,139 21,243 24,598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.92% 37.89% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 12,319 7,953 10,632
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,800 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +6 2,056 £55,000 +10.00% 498
South West +3 1,974 £57,000 +2.70% 468
North of England -3 840 £55,000 -8.33% 243
Midlands -11 675 £55,000 -2.65% 212
North West -8 609 £53,500 -10.83% 167
West Midlands +4 479 £55,000 -4.35% 165
East of England +16 431 £54,000 -1.82% 137
Scotland -52 317 £58,000 +16.00% 95
Wales +2 230 £58,800 +75.17% 31
East Midlands -29 196 £42,786 -22.21% 46
Yorkshire +3 190 £60,000 -10.45% 54
Northern Ireland +8 116 £60,000 +71.43% 34
North East -34 41 £56,250 +25.00% 22
South Coast - 1 £35,000 -
Security Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 296 (4.48%) ArcGIS
2 284 (4.30%) GeoServer
3 118 (1.79%) Confluence
4 112 (1.70%) WebLogic
5 98 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 90 (1.36%) SharePoint
7 77 (1.17%) Apache
8 74 (1.12%) IIS
9 49 (0.74%) Apache Spark
10 44 (0.67%) Oracle Service Bus
11 31 (0.47%) OpenStack
12 21 (0.32%) nginx
13 19 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
14 18 (0.27%) Tomcat
15 16 (0.24%) Jupyter
15 16 (0.24%) SharePoint 2010
15 16 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
16 14 (0.21%) Skype for Business
17 13 (0.20%) CMS
18 10 (0.15%) JBoss
Applications
1 262 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 141 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 135 (2.04%) Simulink
4 76 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 72 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 40 (0.61%) Sketch
7 34 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.11%) Windchill
10 6 (0.091%) Trello
11 4 (0.061%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.061%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.061%) Siemens NX
11 4 (0.061%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.045%) Revit
12 3 (0.045%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.030%) Abaqus
13 2 (0.030%) Fireworks
13 2 (0.030%) InDesign
13 2 (0.030%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 87 (1.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 73 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 51 (0.77%) Primavera
4 41 (0.62%) Siebel CRM
5 38 (0.58%) NEC Housing
6 24 (0.36%) Maximo
7 14 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (0.14%) Teamcenter
9 7 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
10 6 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
11 4 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
11 4 (0.061%) PeopleSoft HCM
11 4 (0.061%) Q-Pulse
12 3 (0.045%) SAP CO
12 3 (0.045%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.045%) SAP FI
12 3 (0.045%) SAP FI/CO
12 3 (0.045%) Workday HCM
13 2 (0.030%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 1,293 (19.58%) Azure
2 1,097 (16.61%) AWS
3 226 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (1.91%) SaaS
5 116 (1.76%) OpenShift
6 108 (1.64%) GCP
7 101 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
8 94 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (1.38%) Serverless
10 72 (1.09%) Entra ID
11 71 (1.07%) Power Platform
12 69 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
13 63 (0.95%) Miro
14 59 (0.89%) AWS CloudFormation
14 59 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
15 57 (0.86%) PaaS
16 54 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
17 48 (0.73%) OCI
18 45 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
19 43 (0.65%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 399 (6.04%) Firewall
2 251 (3.80%) DNS
3 192 (2.91%) WAN
4 164 (2.48%) TCP/IP
5 148 (2.24%) BGP
6 136 (2.06%) DHCP
7 127 (1.92%) Network Security
8 112 (1.70%) LAN
9 90 (1.36%) VPN
10 88 (1.33%) Wireless
11 82 (1.24%) SAN
12 74 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
13 72 (1.09%) SSL
14 65 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
15 62 (0.94%) MPLS
16 57 (0.86%) OSPF
16 57 (0.86%) SD-WAN
17 52 (0.79%) IPsec
18 50 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
19 44 (0.67%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 400 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
2 317 (4.80%) GIS
3 284 (4.30%) QGIS
4 153 (2.32%) SQL Server
5 127 (1.92%) Oracle Database
6 120 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 95 (1.44%) NoSQL
8 94 (1.42%) Hadoop
9 90 (1.36%) MongoDB
10 84 (1.27%) Big Data
11 58 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
12 55 (0.83%) Power BI
12 55 (0.83%) RDBMS
13 45 (0.68%) Oracle Database 11g
14 44 (0.67%) Oracle Database 10g
14 44 (0.67%) VLDB
15 41 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
16 39 (0.59%) MySQL
17 36 (0.55%) Oracle BI EE
17 36 (0.55%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 258 (3.91%) JIRA
2 197 (2.98%) Git
3 159 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 135 (2.04%) GitLab
5 121 (1.83%) Visual Studio
6 98 (1.48%) Rational DOORS
7 76 (1.15%) Bitbucket
8 59 (0.89%) Sourcetree
9 49 (0.74%) Selenium
10 39 (0.59%) Rational Rhapsody
11 29 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 27 (0.41%) Subversion
13 24 (0.36%) Cucumber
13 24 (0.36%) LabVIEW
14 22 (0.33%) JUnit
15 21 (0.32%) Ant
15 21 (0.32%) Vagrant
16 20 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
17 16 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 16 (0.24%) MSI
General
1 1,297 (19.64%) Social Skills
2 584 (8.84%) Aerospace
3 486 (7.36%) Finance
4 443 (6.71%) Public Sector
5 334 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
6 276 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 242 (3.66%) Military
8 165 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 162 (2.45%) Games
10 138 (2.09%) Manufacturing
11 131 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
12 127 (1.92%) Electronics
13 126 (1.91%) Police
14 107 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
15 89 (1.35%) Retail
16 84 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
17 54 (0.82%) Local Government
18 50 (0.76%) Law
19 38 (0.58%) Legal
20 32 (0.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1,147 (17.37%) Senior
2 803 (12.16%) Software Engineer
3 738 (11.17%) Architect
4 527 (7.98%) Developer
5 514 (7.78%) Lead
6 466 (7.06%) Systems Engineer
7 453 (6.86%) Analyst
8 339 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
9 311 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 303 (4.59%) Consultant
11 293 (4.44%) Network Engineer
12 258 (3.91%) Project Manager
13 240 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
14 200 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
15 183 (2.77%) Administrator
16 156 (2.36%) Support Engineer
17 151 (2.29%) Senior Developer
18 136 (2.06%) Security Consultant
19 116 (1.76%) Business Analyst
20 108 (1.64%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 453 (6.86%) React
2 416 (6.30%) .NET
3 287 (4.35%) Leaflet
3 287 (4.35%) OpenLayers
4 286 (4.33%) CSS
5 284 (4.30%) PostGIS
6 262 (3.97%) .NET Core
7 190 (2.88%) Node.js
8 145 (2.20%) AngularJS
9 126 (1.91%) Spring
10 120 (1.82%) Spring Boot
11 119 (1.80%) REST
12 100 (1.51%) HTML
13 90 (1.36%) RabbitMQ
14 69 (1.04%) XML
15 68 (1.03%) Elastic Stack
16 63 (0.95%) Middleware
16 63 (0.95%) Unity (Game Engine)
17 62 (0.94%) Django
18 60 (0.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 288 (4.36%) Management Information System
2 209 (3.16%) Driving Licence
3 202 (3.06%) Algorithms
4 192 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
5 162 (2.45%) Data Centre
6 115 (1.74%) Public Cloud
7 107 (1.62%) Product Ownership
8 102 (1.54%) Private Cloud
9 99 (1.50%) PKI
10 92 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 89 (1.35%) Cloud Native
12 79 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 69 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
13 69 (1.04%) Virtual Reality
14 68 (1.03%) Operational Technology
15 56 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
16 51 (0.77%) Clustering
17 50 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
17 50 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
18 45 (0.68%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1,077 (16.31%) Linux
2 909 (13.76%) Windows
3 320 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 196 (2.97%) Unix
5 180 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 154 (2.33%) Windows 10
7 135 (2.04%) CentOS
8 134 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
9 128 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
10 116 (1.76%) Ubuntu
11 96 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
12 74 (1.12%) Embedded Linux
12 74 (1.12%) Solaris
13 58 (0.88%) Windows 7
14 45 (0.68%) Android
15 34 (0.51%) Debian
16 16 (0.24%) AIX
17 13 (0.20%) VMS
18 12 (0.18%) Windows NT
18 12 (0.18%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,907 (28.87%) Agile
2 1,436 (21.74%) Actionable Insight
3 1,190 (18.02%) Software Engineering
4 1,128 (17.08%) DevOps
5 1,018 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
6 674 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
7 596 (9.02%) Project Management
8 520 (7.87%) ITIL
9 487 (7.37%) Collaborative Working
10 486 (7.36%) Scrum
11 468 (7.09%) Mentoring
12 426 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 406 (6.15%) Systems Engineering
14 377 (5.71%) Stakeholder Management
15 325 (4.92%) CI/CD
16 305 (4.62%) Web Development
17 301 (4.56%) Validation
18 283 (4.28%) Customer Service
19 279 (4.22%) Service Management
20 276 (4.18%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1,142 (17.29%) Python
2 665 (10.07%) JavaScript
3 650 (9.84%) Java
4 492 (7.45%) C#
5 461 (6.98%) SQL
6 410 (6.21%) PowerShell
7 315 (4.77%) C++
8 281 (4.25%) C
9 259 (3.92%) Bash
10 150 (2.27%) MATLAB
11 123 (1.86%) TypeScript
12 85 (1.29%) Shell Script
13 59 (0.89%) Rust
14 58 (0.88%) Fortran
15 54 (0.82%) Embedded C
15 54 (0.82%) PL/SQL
16 43 (0.65%) Ada
17 38 (0.58%) Kotlin
17 38 (0.58%) VB
18 27 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 3,838 (58.11%) SC Cleared
2 1,456 (22.04%) DV Cleared
3 1,130 (17.11%) Degree
4 538 (8.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 196 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
6 146 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 128 (1.94%) CCNP
8 123 (1.86%) CCNA
9 98 (1.48%) AWS Certification
10 96 (1.45%) CISSP
11 90 (1.36%) Azure Certification
12 86 (1.30%) CISM
13 76 (1.15%) DBS Check
14 72 (1.09%) CESG Certified Professional
15 70 (1.06%) Master's Degree
16 68 (1.03%) PhD
17 61 (0.92%) CRISC
17 61 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
18 54 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
19 50 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (3.41%) SLA
2 170 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 156 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 132 (2.00%) QA
5 100 (1.51%) NIST
6 98 (1.48%) NCSC
7 62 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 51 (0.77%) WCAG
9 48 (0.73%) NIST 800
10 47 (0.71%) PCI DSS
11 41 (0.62%) GDPR
11 41 (0.62%) ISO 9001
12 39 (0.59%) Def Stans
13 34 (0.51%) GRC
14 33 (0.50%) JSP 440
15 32 (0.48%) PMO
16 29 (0.44%) COBIT
17 28 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
18 27 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
19 26 (0.39%) RMADS
System Software
1 443 (6.71%) Active Directory
2 324 (4.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 307 (4.65%) Docker
4 175 (2.65%) Hyper-V
5 103 (1.56%) Firmware
6 82 (1.24%) vSphere
7 77 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
8 59 (0.89%) VMware NSX
9 53 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
10 49 (0.74%) KVM
11 44 (0.67%) Oracle RAC
12 26 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
13 25 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
14 16 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
14 16 (0.24%) pfSense
15 15 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
16 11 (0.17%) NFS
17 9 (0.14%) XenDesktop
18 5 (0.076%) SRDF
18 5 (0.076%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 434 (6.57%) Ansible
2 381 (5.77%) Kubernetes
3 274 (4.15%) Terraform
4 219 (3.32%) SCCM
5 134 (2.03%) Puppet
6 92 (1.39%) WSUS
7 91 (1.38%) SCOM
8 86 (1.30%) vCenter Server
9 75 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
10 48 (0.73%) Grafana
11 44 (0.67%) Data Guard
11 44 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
12 39 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
13 38 (0.58%) FortiGate
14 32 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
15 31 (0.47%) NetBackup
16 30 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 29 (0.44%) OpenView
18 28 (0.42%) EnCase
19 27 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1,086 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 491 (7.43%) VMware
3 431 (6.53%) Cisco
4 365 (5.53%) Oracle
5 292 (4.42%) ESRI
6 266 (4.03%) Juniper
7 191 (2.89%) Red Hat
8 115 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 102 (1.54%) Remedy
10 89 (1.35%) HP
11 87 (1.32%) Sparx
12 84 (1.27%) IBM
13 79 (1.20%) Dell
14 69 (1.04%) Fortinet
15 63 (0.95%) Google
16 59 (0.89%) McAfee
17 56 (0.85%) NEC
18 55 (0.83%) Palo Alto
18 55 (0.83%) Xilinx
19 54 (0.82%) Veeam